Highest average teacher salaries: Milwaukee County, WI 2025-26
Average teacher salaries across 18 Milwaukee County, Wisconsin school districts, 2025-26. Nicolet Union High School School District leads at $85,123.…
- Districts ranked
- 18
- Period
- 2025-26
- Publication floor
- 8 districts
- Tie rule
- Equal values share a rank; the next rank skips.
- County definition
- The county holding the largest share of the district's land area (NCES EDGE, 2024–25).
Wisconsin DPI Public Teacher Salary Report, 2025-26: DPI's own average for the teachers this agency hired (position 53, full time: FTE of 0.95 or more and at least 160 contract days; interns, subcontracted staff and CESA hires excluded). Salary only; fringe benefits are reported separately.
Measure: Average teacher salary.
Source: Wisconsin DPI.
Ranked districts
- 1. Nicolet Union High School School District — $85,123
- 2. Milwaukee School District — $80,645
- 3. Greendale School District — $78,569
- 4. Shorewood School District — $78,450
- 5. Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District — $76,104
- 6. Franklin Public School District — $73,679
- 7. Greenfield School District — $73,434
- 8. Fox Point J2 School District — $72,478
- 9. Cudahy School District — $71,928
- 10. Whitefish Bay School District — $71,723
- 11. South Milwaukee School District — $70,865
- 12. Glendale-River Hills School District — $70,000
- 13. Wauwatosa School District — $69,752
- 14. Maple Dale-Indian Hill School District — $67,898
- 15. Saint Francis School District — $66,547
- 16. West Allis-West Milwaukee School District — $66,044
- 17. Whitnall School District — $65,473
- 18. Brown Deer School District — $63,209